This is an analysis of the poem May Not Have Known Who They Are that begins with:
Don't let what others whisper,
Control your destiny....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCB decXe ABCB Xebde X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,5,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010 011100 10100101 1111100 101001010 1111011 1000101001 000011 1111111 1111010 011100 10100101 1111100 1111101101 0100101101 00110100100 011110111 111011101000 11111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of May Not Have Known Who They Are;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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